The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-20
THE MEETING.
a Good Sized Crowd of Good People From
D Far md Nenr ~

Good Sized Crowd of Good People From
Far md Near.
Before o'clock, the hour set for the
meeting, tho grand etand on the fair
ground and the space in front Of it were
we'll filled with people from the town, the
surrounding country, this city and nearly
every torn Ia the country. :. Among the
Wheeling people to bs noticed In the
audience were DR.. s. L. Jepsou, City
Clerk Bowers, Councilman G. G.McKown,
Godfrey Schul, G. W. BRgss, Capt. Thomca
Psiucs aud wife and Misses May and
Maggie Prince, and one or two others.
DR.. Todd and Captain McConaughey, OF
Bridgeport. Squire NJ. O. Mitchell, W. B,
Lewis and John Crooks, OF Martina
Ferry, Frank NJ. Coweu, Of Flushing, Hon
A. U. Ramsge, OF Smith township, and an
unusually large number OF othor promi.
nent citizcus OF the county, were also
present.
John W. Nicho!s csllsd the meeting to
order, aud in brief and timely speech,
very neatly worded, nominated jesse W.
Hollingsworsh for Chairman OF the meet.
ing, and he wss elected with roar of ap.
plauae. =
He announced the following Vice presi.
dents: Henry Koenlein, john Shipp. col.
ored, George Auls, Alfred Bethel, J. B.
Smith, J. NJ. Powell, R. F. Smith, s. M.
Thompson, Thomas Lodge and Hon. A.
G. Ramsge.
Mr.. Hollin9awosth than rs spokesman
for the local committee, Of which Mr..
Nichols was the Chairman, welcomed the
people. lie spoke briefly, but eloquent.
ly. He is the candidate Of the Rspubli.
cans OF Belmont county Tor Prosecuting
Attorney, and ii he is as good q lawyer as
he is an orator, tha discriminating people
over there will elect him by an over
whelming majority.
MR. BINGaAM's SPEECH, s
In conclusion Of his very eloquent re-
marks Mr.. Hollingaworth introduced "that
old man eloquent" Hon. John a. Bing.
ham. Mr.. Bingham wns received with
vociferous appliance He justified to those
Of the rieing generation who had no mem.
ory Of his ability as an orator the title Mr..
Hollingsworth gave him end by which he
has long been known. No more eloquent
speech has been heard in Belmont county
for years. Mr.. Bingham looks old and
feeble; ho had not been long on his feet
till his hearers were satisfied that his ap.
pearance was deceptive. He showed no
signs Of failing in either physical or men.
tai power. His voice was loud aud clear,
his oratory was iorcibls and as beautiful
as In the days when he electrified the
country with his eloquence and in troub.
lous times won by ltness the leadership OF
his party on the floor Of the House. 'i
MIR. Bingham expressed his pleasure at
again meeting the people Of Belmont
county after m absence OF many yea.s in
o foreign land. He paid ALLOWING tribute
to the ioundero Of this government and
their work and contracted the eystem Of
government here with that in the mon
archieB Of the old world. His reiereacea
to tho incoming tide OF emigration from
all the lands Of Europe, including thas
green iole in the blue sea for whose free.
dom 1t IVES in vain that Grattau plead
and an Emmott died, and to "our own
land, than which fAirer tho BUN looks
not down .upon,"' were received with
brcathlees attention. With tho exception
Of Gen. Gibuon, there has not been as clio.
quent an orator in !.slluont county in this
generation 40 Mr. Bingham, and he has a
polish which Gen. Gibson lacks. Con.
trasting the Democracy Of Jsiferaon and
OF Jackson, who said ut 10 tins that we
become more Americanizsd,n with that
Of Grover Cleveland and his supporters,
he said tho self.oonstituted Democratic
party Of to-day presched Jefierson only
TO hide their own nakedneas and sheir
shame. He referred to the early acts Of
Congress, aigned by Washington, Tor tho
protection Of American intrstry and
guaranteeing to every man the freedom
which God bestowed upon him, when in
the States north cf Msson and Dixon's
line. Referring 10 the contrast between
the North end South and the occurrences
which eysntuated in tho war, he reviewed
the Rebellion and the Rtough.Valan.
digham campaign, and tho declaration oI
the Democratic National platform that the
war was a failure. These references, be
said, would bring upon him the accusa
ton OF the Democrats that he wss trying
to reviye war feeling. He was not, He
and his party were determined, however
that tho results OF tho war should BIZ
secure forever. }.
His reference to the tariff issue and tc
the failure Of the Democratic party te
CONTINUED on Fourth Pags.l